Ch 11 Vocab
People and or Places
Rhyme time
Flour Mills
Main Ideas
100
to put money into something offering potential profit
What is INVEST
100
By the end of the 1800s, this state was the leading producer of wheat in the nation
What is MINNESOTA
100
60 minutes to mill
What is an HOUR/FLOUR
100
Due to the expansion of this industry, it became easier to get wheat to the mills using this
What is the RAILROAD
100
Name three natural resources used to make Minnesota the Milling Capital of the Nation
What are FERTILE LAND/WHEAT/ and RIVERS and STREAMS
200
a unit of measure for agricultural crops equal to 1.25 cubic feet
What is a BUSHEL
200
This type of farm, produced only one crop. Usually the crop was wheat.
What is a BONANZA FARM
200
a locomotive with a lot to carry
What is a RAILROAD/LOAD
200
The "millings purifier" removed what from the wheat?
What are BROWN FLECKS
200
Name at least one new machine used to improve the milling industry
What is MIDDLINGS PURIFER, STEAM ROLLERS, or RAILROADS
300
an owner or manager of a large business
What is an INDUSTRIALIST
300
A young industrialist who came to overtake a flour mill in Minneapolis and make it a the flour milling capital of the world
Who is CHARLES PILLSBURY
300
what you push on a bike to get to one of the largest flour mills in Minneapolis
What is a PEDAL/GOLD MEDAL
300
The highest paid workers in a flour mill had to run these. Look out for your arms and legs?
What are HUGE MACHINES
300
Flour milling connected households and business by
What are BUSINESSES PAID WORKERS and then WORKERS WOULD SPEND MONEY BUYING PRODUCTS
400
a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service
What is an INDUSTRY
400
Where in Minneapolis did flour mills begin grinding wheat into flour
What is ST. ANTHONY FALLS
400
Standing under a tree on a summer day that flour mills offered jobs to these people
What is a SHADY/LADY
400
Logos were used to advertise the flour from your mill. One of the mills would be an Olymipic champion.
What is GOLD MEDAL
400
The highest paid mill worker was the person who did what job?
What are the HUGE MACHINE OPERATORS. They required the most skill and danger.
500
process of developing large scale, mechanical factories
What is INDUSTRIALIZATION
500
How was most of the fertile farmland in western and southern Minnesota acquired?
What are TREATIES WITH THE DAKOTA AND OJIBWE
500
Mills were dangerous as the steam ones may knock out this back tooth
What is ROLLER/MOLAR
500
Pillsbury is known for this character used to make it's name known through most households.
What is the PILLSBURY DOUGHBOY
500
Other than people who worked in mills, the flour industry created a need for four other jobs. Name them
What are FARMERS, RAILROAD WORKERS, MACHINISTS, and BARREL MAKERS
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